Rosetown SA 5275
203 addresses · 16 streets
Barker Electorate › Kingston LGA › Rosetown · 239 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Rosetown is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 165 people, with a median age of 47. The typical household earns around $977 a week, with median rent near $214 a week. Most homes are houses. About 75% of households own their home and 19% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Kingston - Robe statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Rosetown itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 café or restaurant
1 supermarket
2 service stations
1 golf club
1 playground
1 bakery
1 hardware store
3 places to stay
Socio-economic Standing
Greenery
🌳 Tree canopy: 8.7% satellite estimate · 2021
Demographics
Unemployment 2.8% · Labour-force participation 53%
Population by age in Rosetown
| 0-4 | 14 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 21 |
| 15-19 | 4 |
| 20-24 | 9 |
| 25-34 | 19 |
| 35-44 | 15 |
| 45-54 | 15 |
| 55-64 | 38 |
| 65-74 | 24 |
| 75-84 | 9 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Rosetown
| House | 67 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Rosetown
| <$650 | 9 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 28 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 16 |
| $3,000+ | 3 |
Top ancestries in Rosetown
| Australian | 70 |
|---|---|
| English | 62 |
| Scottish | 26 |
| Ancestry NS | 17 |
| Aboriginal | 9 |
| German | 7 |
Housing tenure in Rosetown
| Owned | 24 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 24 |
| Rented | 12 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Rosetown
| 0 | 7 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 27 |
| 2 | 19 |
| 3 | 12 |
| 4+ | 6 |
Commute to work in Rosetown
| Car | 56 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Top countries of birth in Rosetown
| New Zealand | 8 |
|---|---|
| England | 4 |
Languages used at home in Rosetown
| Afrikaans | 5 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
2,575 bird observations recorded near Rosetown — most often seen:
- Chestnut Teal (167)
- Silver Gull (158)
- Common Starling (112)
- Australian White Ibis (107)
- Pied Cormorant (105)
- Giinbaywarraymal (100)
- Little Pied Cormorant (97)
- Australian Magpie (96)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (94)
- Crested Tern (93)
- Australian Pelican (91)
- House Sparrow (90)
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (89)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Rosetown
- Little Black Cormorant (87)
- White-faced Heron (86)
- Grey Teal (84)
- Musk Duck (82)
- Pacific Black Duck (78)
- Red-capped Plover (78)
- Masked Lapwing (75)
- European Goldfinch (69)
- Magpie-lark (67)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (67)
- Red Wattlebird (64)
- Southern Magpie-lark (64)
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (58)
- Willie Wagtail (57)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (54)
- Little Raven (54)
- Welcome Swallow (52)
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Rosetown:
- Kingston Se (1.6 km)
- Wyomi (4.7 km)
- Sandy Grove (5.5 km)
- Pinks Beach (6.7 km)
- West Range (7.7 km)
- Wangolina (16.7 km)
- Blackford (17 km)
- Cape Jaffa (19.9 km)
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Streets
- Barber Street (3)
- Bonney Terrace (31)
- Britton Street (3)
- Bullocky Town Road (14)
- Caroline Street (1)
- Catherine Gibson Way (10)
- Clarke Street (34)
- Dowdy Street (28)
- Eleventh Street (3)
- First Street (13)
- Fourth Street (1)
- Main Street (1)
- North Terrace (5)
- Princes Highway (12)
- Third Street (34)
- Watson Street (10)